Originally in C, I play in A capo 2
| A |
| Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I wanna take ya |
| D | |
| Ber | muda, Bahama, come on pretty mama |
| A | D | |
| Key | Largo, Montego, baby why don’t we go, Ja | maica |
| A | Amaj7 | |
| Off the Florida | Key | s |
| Em7 | D |
| There’s a place called | Kokomo |
| Dm | A | Bm7 | E7 |
| That’s where you | wanna go to get | away from it all |
| A | Amaj7 |
| Bodies in the | sand |
| Em7 | D |
| Tropical drink melting | in your hand |
| Dm | A |
| We’ll be falling in | love to the rhythm of a |
| Bm7 | E7 |
| Steel drum band |
I usually sing this like “way down in...” and don’t say “kokomo”
| A | |
| Down in Koko | mo |
| A |
| Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I wanna take ya to |
Stay on the 5 of the chord, and do something interesting on “pretty mama”
| D | |
| Ber | muda, Bahama, come on pretty mama |
| A | D | |
| Key | Largo Montego, ooh I wanna take her down to | Kokomo |
Come out of falsetto here
| Dm | A | |
| We’ll | get there fast and then we’ll | take it slow |
| F#m | Bm7 |
| That’s where we | wanna go |
| E7 | A |
| Way down in Koko | mo |
| A |
| Martinique, that Monserrat mystique |
| A | Amaj7 |
| We’ll put out to | sea |
| Em7 | D |
| And we’ll perfect our | chemistry |
| Dm | A | Bm7 | E7 |
| By and by we’ll de | fy a little bit of | gravity |
| A | Amaj7 |
| Afternoon de | light |
| Em7 | D |
| Cocktails and | moonlit nights |
| Dm | A | Bm7 | E7 |
| That dreamy look in your | eye give me a tropical | contact high |
| A | |
| Way down in Koko | mo |
| A |
| Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I wanna take ya to |
| D | |
| Ber | muda, Bahama, come on pretty mama |
| A | D | |
| Key | Largo Montego, ooh I wanna take her down to | Kokomo |
| Dm | A | |
| We’ll | get there fast and then we’ll | take it slow |
| F#m | Bm7 |
| That’s where we | wanna go |
| E7 | A |
| Way down in Koko | mo |
| A |
| Port au Prince, I wanna catch a glimpse |
Solo over verse chords if appropriate
| A | Amaj7 |
| Everybody | knows |
| Em7 | D |
| A little place like | Kokomo |
| Dm | A | Bm7 | E7 |
| Now if you | wanna go and get | away from it all |
| A | |
| Go down to Koko | mo |
| A |
| Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I wanna take ya to |
| D | |
| Ber | muda, Bahama, come on pretty mama |
| A | D | |
| Key | Largo Montego, ooh I wanna take her down to | Kokomo |
| Dm | A | |
| We’ll | get there fast and then we’ll | take it slow |
| F#m | Bm7 |
| That’s where we | wanna go |
| E7 | A |
| Way down in Koko | mo |